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Due to some ongoing health issues (asthma that’s been flaring up even with a daily inhaler, a mysterious nose lesion, and some digestive issues that may or may not be eosinophilic in origin), I suspect that tomorrow’s vet appointment may lead to a prescriptions for steroids.
Steroids never go well for my little guy - usually leads to him having a herpesvirus flare with eye involvement, bothering his eye and getting a secondary infection, and then needing antibiotics and the Cone of Shame until his eye clears up.
If the vet tells us tomorrow that the steroids are necessary, I’ll get them as pills instead of a shot so they can be discontinued if needed, give him Lysine chews, and have the Cone of Shame on hand… but is there anything else I can do to prevent things from going down that path? Either to prevent the herpesvirus flare-up or to prevent the eye issues that come after that.
I’m wondering about putting the cone on him preemptively as soon as the herpesvirus flare-up starts - maybe if he can’t bother the eye then we might avoid the secondary infection?
Or does anyone have any other ideas?
Steroids never go well for my little guy - usually leads to him having a herpesvirus flare with eye involvement, bothering his eye and getting a secondary infection, and then needing antibiotics and the Cone of Shame until his eye clears up.
If the vet tells us tomorrow that the steroids are necessary, I’ll get them as pills instead of a shot so they can be discontinued if needed, give him Lysine chews, and have the Cone of Shame on hand… but is there anything else I can do to prevent things from going down that path? Either to prevent the herpesvirus flare-up or to prevent the eye issues that come after that.
I’m wondering about putting the cone on him preemptively as soon as the herpesvirus flare-up starts - maybe if he can’t bother the eye then we might avoid the secondary infection?
Or does anyone have any other ideas?